Minutes of the Massachusetts Board of War, July 30, 1778

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	Board of War,
Present.—		Boston July 30^th. 1778—
Sam^l Ph'ps Savage Esq^r		Eleazer Johnson Esq^r
John Browne Esq^r		Isaac Philips Esq^r
Thomas Walker Esq^r
Sam^l Ph'ps Savage Pres^t.

Order’d, That Cap^t Hallet¹ be directed to proceed to Marblehead in the Brig^t Tyranicide & exert himself to procure a sufficient number of Men for said Brig^t—

Order’d, That Joseph Spear for one Load of Ballast for Brig^t Hazard² be paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . £ 6..—..—

Order’d, That Cap^t Allen Hallet be paid on Account of the Brig^t Tyranicide— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £60..—..—

Order’d, That Edward Bassett for Attendance, Labour, Watching &c. on board the Brig^t Tyranicide . . be paid £45..—..—

Order’d, That Joseph Bassett for Attendance, Labour, Watching &c. on Brig^t Tyranicide as p^r Bill be paid £41.. 5..—³

D, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 149 (Board of War Minutes, 1777–1778), pp. 392–95. On 29 June the Board “Order’d, That M^r Benj^a Thompson deliver M^r W^m Thompson for the use of the Brig^t Tyranicide . . 17^lb Pistol Ball—.” M-Ar, vol. 149 (Board of War Minutes, 1777–1778), p. 392.

1. Capt. Allen Hallet commanding Massachusetts Navy brigantine Tyrannicide, which was fitting out for a cruise.

2. Massachusetts Navy brigantine Hazard, Capt. John Foster Williams, commander.

3. On 29 July, Boston merchant Thomas Pemberton wrote the Board on behalf of the Bassets making the case that their charge of $6 per day for tending the Tyrannicide should be accepted, but ending with the appeal that if the board found this amount excessive, they allow the men “not less than five dollars for a day & a night, The circumstances of their families requiring at least such an allowance.” M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 205 (2^nd ser., Revolution Letters, 1775–1783), p. 393.

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1778 July 30

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Volume 13

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

Minutes of the Massachusetts Board of War, July 30, 1778

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